Create Relation
Create the relation from the selected entity to originator of the message by type and direction.
Following Message Originator types are allowed: Asset, Device, Entity View, Customer, Tenant, Dashboard.
Finds target Entity by metadata key patterns and then create a relation between Originator Entity and the target entity.
If selected entity type Asset, Device or Customer rule node will create new Entity if it doesn’t exist and selected checkbox: Create new Entity if not exists.
Note: if selected entity type Asset or Device you need to set two patterns:
entity name pattern;
entity type pattern.
Otherwise, only name pattern should be set.
Direction - following types are allowed: From, To.
Relation type - type of directed connections to message originator entity. Default types Contains and Manages can be selected from the drop-down list.
Name pattern and Type pattern - can be set direct entity name/type or pattern can be used, that will be resolved to the real entity name/type using Message metadata.
Entities cache expiration time - specifies maximum time interval is seconds allowed to store found target entity records. 0 value means that records will never expire.
Message will be routed via Failure chain in the following cases:
When Originator entity type is not supported.
Target entity doesn’t exist.
In other cases Message will be routed via Success chain.
Note: Since TB Version 2.3 the rule node has the ability to:
remove current relations from the originator of the incoming message based on direction and type:
change the originator of the incoming message to the selected entity and process outboud messages as messages from another entity:
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